Apple Valley: Who would love it and who would not.
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11/1/2012
To start off with, I never blog or chat, but I feel compelled to join this site and express my thoughts regarding Apple Valley and the high desert so here it is.
I have lived here for apox. 15 years and can't imagine living anywhere else and doing as poorly and as unhappily as I have here. It has been like a void that has sucked the life out of me as it has many others.
It has a service economy. The economy is horrid; more like 20 percent unemployment than the 12 percent that they say it is. I get accosted by beggers at most of the stores that I frequent. Worse of all, the mentality is such that many of the poplulation don't even want to work, if there were any jobs to be had. Being in your 20's or 30's and still living at home is acceptable.
I can't hold an intelligent conversation with hardly anyone. It is a cultural black hole with nothing to do. Even if you were the wealthiest person in town, there is nowhere nice to spend your money. You have to drive out of the area. I find myself wanting to get out of the house and talk to people and when I get out, I just want to go back home.
If you have a trade, you will not be able to put it to use because the real estate market and all the businesses having to do with that have expired and will not come back for years to come.
If you are the kind of person that does not want to work, likes using drugs on a regular basis, or has no sense of self worth or aspirations, then the high desert is a great place for you to live.
To be fair, it is a great place for dirtbike riding if that is your thing.
For the rest of us, I feel like I have done my civic duty in giving you fair warning if you are considering moving here. I am currently getting rid of nearly all of my possessions and moving somewhere, practically anywhere else, and far away. Cheers.
Sparticus | Apple Valley, CA